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October 14, 2022
The rule, proposed in August and approved by Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. in September, is intended to enforce a 2021 state law that forbids instruction on gender identity and sexuality for children in kindergarten through third grade. The measure, the Parental Rights in Education Act, is known by opponents as the “don’t say gay” law.
The Florida Department of Education has done little to publicize its rule on teachers’ licenses. The rule appeared online around the same time that the state was taking damage from Hurricane Ian, which has left more than 100 dead. News of the rule was first reported Tuesday by the newsletter the Progress Report.
The rule states that any teacher who “intentionally provide[s] classroom instruction” to K-3 students on those two topics will face “revocation or suspension of the individual educator’s certificate, or the other penalties as provided by law.”
Florida will strip teaching licenses from teachers who mention gender identity or sexuality in k-3
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fla-to-strip-licenses-of-k-3-teachers-who-discuss-gender-identity-sexuality/ar-AA12VLOpThe rule, proposed in August and approved by Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. in September, is intended to enforce a 2021 state law that forbids instruction on gender identity and sexuality for children in kindergarten through third grade. The measure, the Parental Rights in Education Act, is known by opponents as the “don’t say gay” law.
The Florida Department of Education has done little to publicize its rule on teachers’ licenses. The rule appeared online around the same time that the state was taking damage from Hurricane Ian, which has left more than 100 dead. News of the rule was first reported Tuesday by the newsletter the Progress Report.
The rule states that any teacher who “intentionally provide[s] classroom instruction” to K-3 students on those two topics will face “revocation or suspension of the individual educator’s certificate, or the other penalties as provided by law.”
October 13, 2022
Active shooter in Raleigh..5 dead. Prelim count
No link..watching live youtuber report
October 13, 2022
Nicholas Brutcher was a Bristol man who fatally shot two police officers in an apparent ambush at his home, the Connecticut State Police said. Brutcher, 35, was also killed in the October 12, 2022, incident, police said. At a press conference, Bristol Police Chief Brian Gould called it “senseless violence.”
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Here’s what you need to know about Nicholas “Nick” Brutcher:
1. Nicholas Brutcher Was Wearing Camouflage & Waiting for Officers Outside of the Home, a Neighbor Says
2. Brutcher & His Brother Had Been Involved in a Disturbance at a Nearby Bar Before the Shooting & He Had Been Issued a Citation, According to Reports
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3. Nick Brutcher, Who Grew Up in Bristol & Graduated From Bristol Central High School, Was Divorced & Had Children
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4. Brutcher Does Not Appear to Have a Criminal Record Other Than Traffic Offenses & Was Sued Over Credit Card Debt in 2021; Police Seized 14 Guns From His Home, a News Station Reports
Nicholas Brutcher, Bristol Shooting Suspect: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
https://heavy.com/news/nicholas-brutcher/amp/Nicholas Brutcher was a Bristol man who fatally shot two police officers in an apparent ambush at his home, the Connecticut State Police said. Brutcher, 35, was also killed in the October 12, 2022, incident, police said. At a press conference, Bristol Police Chief Brian Gould called it “senseless violence.”
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Here’s what you need to know about Nicholas “Nick” Brutcher:
1. Nicholas Brutcher Was Wearing Camouflage & Waiting for Officers Outside of the Home, a Neighbor Says
2. Brutcher & His Brother Had Been Involved in a Disturbance at a Nearby Bar Before the Shooting & He Had Been Issued a Citation, According to Reports
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3. Nick Brutcher, Who Grew Up in Bristol & Graduated From Bristol Central High School, Was Divorced & Had Children
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4. Brutcher Does Not Appear to Have a Criminal Record Other Than Traffic Offenses & Was Sued Over Credit Card Debt in 2021; Police Seized 14 Guns From His Home, a News Station Reports
October 13, 2022
Horrifying moment president of Mexico's Hunting Federation is killed by a buffalo after firing a .408 caliber rifle at the one-ton beast in Argentina
Mexican hunter, Mario Canales, was killed by a buffalo during a hunting outing in Entre Ríos, Argentina, last Friday
The 64-year-old avid hunter and another friend were taking aim at the one-ton animal when it charged at them and rammed Canales
The group's tour guide was standing near the men and fired five shots and killed the buffalo
Canales was rushed to a hospital but went into shock and died before arriving
An autopsy revealed that he suffered multiple rib and sternum fractures as well as blows to the abdomen
president of Mexico's Hunting Federation is killed by a buffalo after firing a .408 caliber rifle at
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11312285/Horrifying-moment-president-Mexicos-Hunting-Federation-killed-buffalo-Argentina.htmlHorrifying moment president of Mexico's Hunting Federation is killed by a buffalo after firing a .408 caliber rifle at the one-ton beast in Argentina
Mexican hunter, Mario Canales, was killed by a buffalo during a hunting outing in Entre Ríos, Argentina, last Friday
The 64-year-old avid hunter and another friend were taking aim at the one-ton animal when it charged at them and rammed Canales
The group's tour guide was standing near the men and fired five shots and killed the buffalo
Canales was rushed to a hospital but went into shock and died before arriving
An autopsy revealed that he suffered multiple rib and sternum fractures as well as blows to the abdomen
October 13, 2022
Michigan county hires ‘Stop the Steal’ ringleader to recruit poll workers
Macomb County election clerk says Genevieve Peters, who urged protesters ‘forward’ on Jan. 6, is now engaged in ‘training and teaching.’
10/12/2022 06:05 PM EDT
A social media influencer who implored a crowd to “storm the gates” of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been hired by a Michigan county clerk as the “talent development specialist” working with poll workers in one of the battleground state’s biggest swing regions, according to an email obtained by POLITICO.
The talent-development official, Genevieve Peters, also joined armed members of the Proud Boys for a 2020 rally at the Michigan Capitol and live-streamed a “Stop the Steal” protest outside the home of Michigan’s secretary of state.
She has made numerous social media posts of herself mingling with Proud Boys including marching alongside its leader, Joe Biggs, according to social media postings by citizen journalists tracking extremists including Chad Loder, whose work to identify Jan. 6 participants has been cited in at least one Department of Justice charging document.
Michigan county hires 'Stop the Steal' ringleader to recruit poll workers
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/12/michigan-county-hires-stop-the-steal-ringleader-to-recruit-poll-workers-00061564Michigan county hires ‘Stop the Steal’ ringleader to recruit poll workers
Macomb County election clerk says Genevieve Peters, who urged protesters ‘forward’ on Jan. 6, is now engaged in ‘training and teaching.’
10/12/2022 06:05 PM EDT
A social media influencer who implored a crowd to “storm the gates” of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been hired by a Michigan county clerk as the “talent development specialist” working with poll workers in one of the battleground state’s biggest swing regions, according to an email obtained by POLITICO.
The talent-development official, Genevieve Peters, also joined armed members of the Proud Boys for a 2020 rally at the Michigan Capitol and live-streamed a “Stop the Steal” protest outside the home of Michigan’s secretary of state.
She has made numerous social media posts of herself mingling with Proud Boys including marching alongside its leader, Joe Biggs, according to social media postings by citizen journalists tracking extremists including Chad Loder, whose work to identify Jan. 6 participants has been cited in at least one Department of Justice charging document.
October 13, 2022
Residents of Mirabella - a dorm complex for people ages 62 and up - filed a lawsuit with the Maricopa County Superior Court last spring over the 'unnecessary and excessive noise' coming from students at the Shady Park bar.
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The dorm serves as a full-service retirement center, and the seven-figure upfront payment is not used to buy units, but serves as a deposit for the medical care residents receive for as long as they live at Mirabella.
Residents also pay about $5,000 per month to cover food, cleaning, and other building amenities.
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Once the pandemic lifted however - and the thrum of Shady Park's EDM concerts returned to service the hard-partying ASU student body - Mirabella residents used to peace and quiet started to complain.
'That unrelenting bass thumping sound makes it difficult to concentrate or do anything else,' resident Sharon Murry said in the court filing against Shady Park.
Another resident, Gail Fisher said she knew there was live music across the street, but never considered the true scope of it.
'Live music can mean a trio,' she explained her deposition, 'It doesn't mean boom-boom-boom all night.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11308649/Elderly-residents-paid-1m-live-seniors-dorm-ASU-file-lawsuit-party-NOISE.html
Elderly paid $1M upfront plus $5k per month for ASU retirement dorm..now suing over party noise
Elderly residents who paid up to $1m to live in seniors dorm at ASU file lawsuit about party NOISEResidents of Mirabella - a dorm complex for people ages 62 and up - filed a lawsuit with the Maricopa County Superior Court last spring over the 'unnecessary and excessive noise' coming from students at the Shady Park bar.
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The dorm serves as a full-service retirement center, and the seven-figure upfront payment is not used to buy units, but serves as a deposit for the medical care residents receive for as long as they live at Mirabella.
Residents also pay about $5,000 per month to cover food, cleaning, and other building amenities.
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Once the pandemic lifted however - and the thrum of Shady Park's EDM concerts returned to service the hard-partying ASU student body - Mirabella residents used to peace and quiet started to complain.
'That unrelenting bass thumping sound makes it difficult to concentrate or do anything else,' resident Sharon Murry said in the court filing against Shady Park.
Another resident, Gail Fisher said she knew there was live music across the street, but never considered the true scope of it.
'Live music can mean a trio,' she explained her deposition, 'It doesn't mean boom-boom-boom all night.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11308649/Elderly-residents-paid-1m-live-seniors-dorm-ASU-file-lawsuit-party-NOISE.html
October 13, 2022
A Calif. restaurant hosted Mike Lindell. It didn't go over well.
Tres Chiles Picosos, a Mexican restaurant in Humboldt County, became the subject of intense social media backlash last week after it posted a photo celebrating a visit from Mike Lindell, the so-called MyPillow Guy who rose to notoriety a few years ago for his conspiratorial views on COVID-19 and the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
The restaurant’s owner, Michelle Hill, told SFGATE that two employees — a waitress and a bartender — recognized Lindell because they buy his MyPillow products, and were unfamiliar with his role in national politics. Hill said she allowed a manager to post the photo on the restaurant's Facebook page because her staff was excited that a quasi-celebrity like Lindell had visited; it was not intended to be a political statement, she said.
"I don't get into politics," she said. "We knew nothing about him apart from that he's the MyPillow guy ... my staff buys his pillows, his sheets, his socks, they were just excited to see someone famous."
But some social media users thought that Tres Chiles Picosos associating with Lindell goes beyond normal partisan politics.
“It's not about the politics, it's about the crimes and sedition,” one Facebook user wrote. “You don't post photos with other tourists, why start with him.”
A Calif. restaurant hosted Mike Lindell. Getting backlash
https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/california-restaurant-hosts-mike-lindell-17502100.phpA Calif. restaurant hosted Mike Lindell. It didn't go over well.
Tres Chiles Picosos, a Mexican restaurant in Humboldt County, became the subject of intense social media backlash last week after it posted a photo celebrating a visit from Mike Lindell, the so-called MyPillow Guy who rose to notoriety a few years ago for his conspiratorial views on COVID-19 and the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
The restaurant’s owner, Michelle Hill, told SFGATE that two employees — a waitress and a bartender — recognized Lindell because they buy his MyPillow products, and were unfamiliar with his role in national politics. Hill said she allowed a manager to post the photo on the restaurant's Facebook page because her staff was excited that a quasi-celebrity like Lindell had visited; it was not intended to be a political statement, she said.
"I don't get into politics," she said. "We knew nothing about him apart from that he's the MyPillow guy ... my staff buys his pillows, his sheets, his socks, they were just excited to see someone famous."
But some social media users thought that Tres Chiles Picosos associating with Lindell goes beyond normal partisan politics.
“It's not about the politics, it's about the crimes and sedition,” one Facebook user wrote. “You don't post photos with other tourists, why start with him.”
October 12, 2022
The still vile but irrelevent Ann Coulter
Came across Ann Coulter on LA talk radio yesterday. Still calling liberals "communists" in that dry sarcastic voice. A buddy of her gives her a few minutes of air time weekly.
Her platform has greatly faded. Just a 10s or hundreds of hits on her tweets. Gop doesnt seem to embrace her..i think 1. She criticized trump and still does
2. She went too stridently hateful for gop leaders..she said some very hateful stuff in the past
She has jumped on the anti trans bandwagon
October 12, 2022
Since the entire city seems to be dissecting the secret Los Angeles City Hall recordings for expressions of hatred against nearly every demographic group, allow me to chime in.
About Armenians.
Among the many casual slurs made by several of our city’s high-profile Democratic Latino officials in a secretly recorded conversation about redistricting were a few mild ones directed at a former City Hall staffer and my fellow Armenian American, Areen Ibranossian.
A veteran of Los Angeles politics and local campaigns, Ibranossian worked as Councilman Paul Krekorian’s chief of staff before leaving to become a political consultant in 2018.
In the recordings, he is described as “the guy with the one eyebrow,” by Nury Martinez, who stepped down from her post as City Council president on Monday after The Times broke the story Sunday. Someone then speculates about his last name. “It ends in i-a-n, betcha,” says Councilman Kevin de León.
Being dismissive of someone’s facial features is crass and immature. And guessing that an Armenian American’s name ends in i-a-n is the intellectual equivalent of calling water wet. No duh.
Certainly, this coarseness is not in the same league as Martinez describing City Councilman Mike Bonin, who is gay, as “a little bitch,” describing his son, who is Black, as a monkey or calling brown-skinned Oaxacans who have settled in Koreatown ugly.
But it underscores the depressing clannishness of these Latino officials, and their apparent belief that everybody who is not like them is fair game to be trampled in the quest for political muscle.
No one was spared in that racist conversation among top L.A. Latino officials - Armenians
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-10-11/racist-slurs-city-council-nuri-martinez-armenianSince the entire city seems to be dissecting the secret Los Angeles City Hall recordings for expressions of hatred against nearly every demographic group, allow me to chime in.
About Armenians.
Among the many casual slurs made by several of our city’s high-profile Democratic Latino officials in a secretly recorded conversation about redistricting were a few mild ones directed at a former City Hall staffer and my fellow Armenian American, Areen Ibranossian.
A veteran of Los Angeles politics and local campaigns, Ibranossian worked as Councilman Paul Krekorian’s chief of staff before leaving to become a political consultant in 2018.
In the recordings, he is described as “the guy with the one eyebrow,” by Nury Martinez, who stepped down from her post as City Council president on Monday after The Times broke the story Sunday. Someone then speculates about his last name. “It ends in i-a-n, betcha,” says Councilman Kevin de León.
Being dismissive of someone’s facial features is crass and immature. And guessing that an Armenian American’s name ends in i-a-n is the intellectual equivalent of calling water wet. No duh.
Certainly, this coarseness is not in the same league as Martinez describing City Councilman Mike Bonin, who is gay, as “a little bitch,” describing his son, who is Black, as a monkey or calling brown-skinned Oaxacans who have settled in Koreatown ugly.
But it underscores the depressing clannishness of these Latino officials, and their apparent belief that everybody who is not like them is fair game to be trampled in the quest for political muscle.
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